Conservative MP Miriam Cates was accused of making “transphobic” comments after she said Holyrood’s proposed changes to the gender recognition process would make it easier for “predators” to access to children.
Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown) was told to calm down in the Commons after he responded angrily to Ms Cates.
He said linking trans people with predators is “disgusting and you should be ashamed”.
The row erupted as MPs debated the Government’s decision to block the Scottish Parliament’s Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.
Ms Cates, the Tory MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, said: “The Government is very right to be concerned about fraudulent and malign applications with the implications for child safeguarding.”
“Predators will exploit any loophole they can find to get access to children. And that is, I’m afraid, what will happen with this Bill.
“We shouldn’t be asking how easy is it for someone whose uncomfortable with their sex to obtain an GRC (gender recognition certificate), we should be asking how easy is it for a predator to get access to children.”
Mr Russell-Moyle was chosen to speak next, and said: “Goodness me, that speech was probably one of the worst transphobic, dog-whistle speeches that I have heard in an awful long time.
“The idea of linking trans people with predators frankly is disgusting and you should be ashamed.”
Deputy Speaker Dame Rosie Winterton told him to “calm down” and “moderate his language”
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17 янв 2023
